Maundy

[mɔ:ndi]

Definition

(noun.) a public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money.

Checked by Blanchard--From WordNet

Definition

n. the religious ceremony of washing the feet of others esp. of inferiors in commemoration of Christ's washing His disciples' feet at the Last Supper—still practised in Austria by the emperor.—Maundy money the money given away on Maundy Thursday the Thursday in Passion week by the royal almoner usually a penny for each year of the sovereign's reign—the small silver coins specially coined since 1662.

Edited by Ethelred